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Re-thinking Mobility Poverty This book seeks to better conceptualise and define mobility poverty, ad- dressing both its geographies and socio-economic landscapes. It moves be- yond the analysis of ‘transport poverty’ and innovatively explores mobility inequalities and social construction of mobility disadvantages. The debate on mobility poverty is gaining momentum due to its role in triggering social exclusion and economic deprivation. In this light, this book examines the social construction of mobility poverty by delving into mobility patterns and needs as they are differently experienced by social groups in different geographical situations. It considers factors such as the role of transport regimes and their social value when analysing the social construction of individual´s mobility needs. Furthermore, the gaps between articulated and unarticulated needs are identified by observing actual travel patterns of individuals. The book offers a comparison of the global phe- nomenon through fieldwork conducted in six different European c ountries – Greece, Portugal, Italy, Luxembourg, Romania and Germany. This book will be useful reading for planners, sociologists, geographers, mobility/transport researchers, mobility advocates, policy-makers and transport practitioners. Tobias Kuttler is a geographer and urban planner, working on urban devel- opment, mobility and social disadvantage. He is a researcher at TU Berlin and PhD Candidate at TU Munich. He is writing his PhD dissertation on the transformation of the taxi industry in Mumbai, India. Massimo Moraglio is a Senior Researcher at Technische Universität Berlin and Coordinator of the MBA “Sustainable Mobility”. His work explores the relationship between technology and society, focusing on scenarios and transitions. He is a member of the editorial board of Mobilities and Applied Mobilities, and editor-in-chief of The Journal of Transport History. Transport and Society Series Editor: John D. Nelson This series focuses on the impact of transport planning policy and imple- mentation on the wider society and on the participation of the users. It dis- cusses issues such as: gender and public transport, travel for the elderly and disabled, transport boycotts and the civil rights movement etc. Interdisci- plinary in scope, linking transport studies with sociology, social welfare, cultural studies and psychology. The Mobilities Paradigm Discourses and Ideologies Edited by Marcel Endres, Katharina Manderscheid and Christophe Mincke Ports as Capitalist Spaces A Critical Analysis of Devolution and Development Gordon Wilmsmeier and Jason Monios Non-motorized transport integration into urban transport planning in Africa Edited by Winnie Mitullah, Marianne Vanderschuren and Meleckidzedeck Khayesi Assembling Bus Rapid Transit in the Global South Translating Global Models, Materialising Infrastructure Politics Malve Jacobsen Re-thinking Mobility Poverty Understanding Users´ Geographies, Backgrounds and Aptitudes Edited by Tobias Kuttler and Massimo Moraglio For more information about this series, please visit: www.routledge.com/ Transport-and-Society/book-series/TSOC Re-thinking Mobility Poverty Understanding Users’ Geographies, Backgrounds and Aptitudes Edited by Tobias Kuttler and Massimo Moraglio LONDON AND NEW YORK First published 2021 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2021 selection and editorial matter, Tobias Kuttler and Massimo Moraglio; individual chapters, the contributors The rights of Tobias Kuttler and Massimo Moraglio to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, have been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record has been requested for this book ISBN: 978-0-367-33330-0 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-367-33331-7 (ebk) Typeset in Times New Roman by codeMantra I dedicate this work/this volume to my parents, Erika and Franz (TK) Contents List of figures xi List of tables xiii Contributor biographies xv Acknowledgements xix Disclaimers xxi Preface xxiii SILVIA MAFFII AND SIMONE BOSETTI Foreword: a mobility justice lens on mobility poverty xxix MIMI SHELLER Introduction 1 TOBIAS KUTTLER AND MASSIMO MORAGLIO PART I Social skills and individual aptitudes 21 1 Learning mobility 23 TOBIAS KUTTLER AND MASSIMO MORAGLIO 2 Unequal mobilities, network capital and mobility justice 39 TOBIAS KUTTLER AND MASSIMO MORAGLIO 3 The impact of life events on travel behaviour 49 DELPHINE GRANDSART PART II Geographies of mobility poverty 59 4 The spatial dimension of mobility poverty 61 TOBIAS KUTTLER viii Contents 5 The urban arena 81 TOBIAS KUTTLER 6 The rural arena 98 STEFANO BORGATO, SILVIA MAFFII AND COSIMO CHIFFI PART III Societal roots and impacts 111 7 Women and gender-related aspects 113 STEFANO BORGATO, SILVIA MAFFII, PATRIZIA MALGIERI AND COSIMO CHIFFI 8 People on low income and unemployed persons 124 STEFANO BORGATO, SILVIA MAFFII AND SIMONE BOSETTI 9 Impacts on mobility in an ageing Europe 135 VASCO REIS AND ANDRÉ FREITAS 10 The predicaments of European disabled people 147 VASCO REIS AND ANDRÉ FREITAS 11 Migrants, ethnic minorities and mobility poverty 162 PATRICK VAN EGMOND, TOBIAS KUTTLER AND JOANNE WIRTZ 12 Children and young people 180 STEFANO BORGATO, SILVIA MAFFII AND SIMONE BOSETTI PART IV The fieldwork 193 13 Forced car ownership and forced bus usage: contrasting realities of unemployed and elderly people in rural regions – the case of Guarda, Portugal 195 VASCO REIS AND ANDRÉ FREITAS 14 Perception of mobility poverty in remote peri-urban Salento, Italy 205 COSIMO CHIFFI, SILVIA MAFFII AND PATRIZIA MALGIERI 15 Isolation, individualism and sharing: mobility poverty in Naxos and Small Cyclades, Greece 217 AKRIVI VIVIAN KIOUSI, MARIZA KONIDI AND DARIYA RUBLOVA Contents ix 16 Unmet needs: exploring mobility poverty in Buzău, Romania 227 RAZVAN ANDREI GHEORGHIU AND VALENTIN IORDACHE 17 Towards an understanding of the social meanings of mobility: the case of Esslingen, Germany 237 TOBIAS KUTTLER 18 Mobility poverty in Luxembourg: crossing borders, real estate, vulnerable groups and migrants 251 PATRICK VAN EGMOND AND JOANNE WIRTZ Findings and conclusions 260 TOBIAS KUTTLER AND MASSIMO MORAGLIO Index 275
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